Med-View Airlines Explains Choice of MMA2 as Operational Base

Nigeria’s latest commercial airline, Med-View Airlines, has explained why it chose the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos as its operational base because of the efficient and operational facilities at the terminal.

The airline, which started operation last week, after a colourful ceremony at the terminal attended by several prominent Nigerians, said although some other options were considered for its operational base at the initial stage, but it finally settled for MMA2 because of the “efficient facilities the terminal has”.

Managing Director of Med-View Airlines, Alhaji Muneer Bankole, told the management team of Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operators of MMA2, that the advantages and disadvantages of the different offers they got to use as a base were considered before they finally decided that they would operate from MMA2.

According to him, “having paid several visits to the terminal to see all the facilities on ground, my management team concluded that it is only MMA2 that can offer the kind of high quality services we need. We are thrilled by the clean and organised environment that you people have turned the terminal into.
“The kind of crowd we are expecting to patronise our services can only be accommodated at MMA2. That is why we have the biggest office by any airline at the terminal. We are ready to be a good tenant. We promise that we would not disappoint you; we would not disappoint Nigerians”.

Responding, the Chief Executive Officer of BASL(the owner and operator of the terminal), Christophe Penninck, assured the airline that MMA2 was prepared to render the best services to Med-View, as well as any other airline that might want to operate from the terminal.
Penninck also promised to sustain the clean environment of the terminal and the facilities “so that it would always be the centre of attraction to Nigerians and foreigners alike”.

By this, SAHCOL shall be providing ramp and passenger handling services to Med-view Airline in all of its flight operations within Nigeria.
Before this contract, SAHCOL has partnered Med-view Airline in the provision of ground handling services in its Hajj operations, ensuring always that the airline consistently run a hitch-free out/in-bound operation during Hajj.

Part of the promises made by the Chairman of SAHCOL, Dr. Taiwo Afolabi, at the takeover of SAHCOL from the Federal Government of Nigeria in December 2009, was to invest massively in personnel development, state-of-the-art equipment, fleet replacement, and massive infrastructural development.

Less than three years later, these promises and much more has been fulfilled, which has helped tailored the company to meet the needs and expectations of its growing list of clientele.

SAHCOL, with its new Private Sector Management composition and orientation, since becoming a member of the Sifax Group, has kicked off the development of Business models geared towards ensuring efficient and speedy delivery of Aviation Ground Handling Services to all its customers, making it therefore the reference point where efficiency of a successful flight is born within Nigeria.

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